Join the National Park Service to learn how to secure help for your community project. Read more…

The North Face Explore Fund provides $500,000 annually in grants to nonprofit organizations working in powerful and creative ways to encourage participants to experience outdoor activities and develop an enduring appreciation of the outdoors. Apply today!

Did you miss our July webinar, Building Support for Conservation Funding Initiatives? Watch it today to learn more from Kate Thorpe, Deputy Director at Conservation Voters for Idaho and the Treasurer of Boise for Clean Water and Open Space. Read more…

Finding funding sources to protect rivers and enhance recreation can be a challenge! There are many creative ways to find funding for this work, including levy and bond initiatives. Tune in on Tuesday, July 19th 1 pm ET/11 am MT to learn more from Kate Thorpe, Deputy Director at Conservation Voters for Idaho and the Treasurer of Boise for Clean Water and Open Space. Kate will discuss how she worked with the local community to organize and pass a two-year override levy to protect the rivers and lands around Boise. She will talk more about how this effort came to fruition and the key milestones that occurred along the way.

Today’s post is a guest blog from Joe Zimbric, A Big Sky Watershed Corps Member with the Blackfoot Challenge. The Blackfoot Challenge is a grant recipient of the Connecting Communities to Rivers Grant Program, working to connect their community to the Blackfoot River.

Are you currently working with National Park Service’s Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) Program? Check out a potential funding opportunity with the Challenge Cost Share Grant Program!

Last call for a great funding opportunity that provides support for on-the-groun projects that support community connection to the outdoors! Apply for the Keen Effect Grant – applications due on June 10th!